# A touch of levity?

**URL:** <https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/a-touch-of-levity/39079>\
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**Created:** [September 23, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/a-touch-of-levity/39079 "2001-09-23T02:10:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/a-touch-of-levity/39079/1 "2001-09-23T02:10:00Z")

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CIRRUS BECOMES FIRST HIGHJACK PROOF GA –

Cirrus Design employee Jeff demonstrated today Cirrus design’s innovative anti-hijacking engagement mechanism, or AHEM for short.

It works like this. Once the pilot realizes they have a hijacker on board - they calmly obey all commands to out the hijacker at ease. Then the pilot, feigning boredom at how easy the Cirrus is to fly, stretches his/her right arm up - as if they were YAWNING. Their fingers casually find the red handle located in the ceiling. A quick yank and

VOILA

The airplane is now disarmed. It floats gently to the earth under a nice parachute - to the waiting authorities below.

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**Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/a-touch-of-levity/39079/2 "2001-09-23T03:15:04Z")

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Maybe not just funny. An airliner BRS could solve a number of problems.

-Curt

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**Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/a-touch-of-levity/39079/3 "2001-09-24T02:28:53Z")

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> CIRRUS BECOMES FIRST HIGHJACK PROOF GA –

> 

> Cirrus Design employee Jeff demonstrated today Cirrus design’s innovative anti-hijacking engagement mechanism, or AHEM for short.

> 

> It works like this. Once the pilot realizes they have a hijacker on board - they calmly obey all commands to out the hijacker at ease. Then the pilot, feigning boredom at how easy the Cirrus is to fly, stretches his/her right arm up - as if they were YAWNING. Their fingers casually find the red handle located in the ceiling. A quick yank and

> 

> VOILA

> 

> The airplane is now disarmed. It floats gently to the earth under a nice parachute - to the waiting authorities below.  
> very good solution…best I’ve heard yet.